Ida cohen



(No Model.)

I. COHEN.

CAPE.

No. 583,890. Patented June 8, 1897.

INVENTOR WlTNESSES 5 ATTORNEW UNITED STATES PATENT rricE.

IDA COHEN, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

CAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters li'atent No. 583,890, dated June8, 1897.

Application filed April 19, 1895. Serial No. 546,339. (No model.)

To all whom it may cancer/t:

Be it known that I, IDA COHEN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Capes, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to shoulder-capes such as are usually worn byladies, and particularly to those which are made of fine fur or othercostly material; and the object thereof is to provide a reversiblelining therefor which can be turned or folded outside of the cape andform a protection therefor in wet weather, so that the fur or othermaterial of which the cape is composed will not be inj u red by rain orsnow.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is aView showing in elevation a cape of the usual form made of fur andprovided with my improvement; Fig. 2, a view of a section of the insideof the cape with the lining partly unbuttoned or loosened preparatory toreversing it; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the cape and its lining,showing the latterin its normal position; and Fig. 4, a similar viewshowing the lining of the body of the cape and also of the collar, fullyreversed, completely covering the body of the cape and its collar.

In the practice of my invention I provide the inner side of the cape Awith the usual body-lining B, as shown in Fig. 2, and in theconstruction shown in'the drawings both the inner and outer surfaces ofthe collar 0 and D are composed of fur, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and4.

The abutting edges of the front sides of the cape are provided withstrips E, of any desired material, which are secured to and hold theusual lining Bin position, and this lining B is secured to the cape bothat the top and bottom in the usual manner and does not differ from theconstruction heretofore employed.

Secured to the bottom of the inner side of the collar at F, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4:, is my improved cover or protector G for the collar ofthe cape, which is adapted, when desired, to be folded over the collarof the cape, as shown in Fig. 4. This cover or protector for the collarof the cape when not in use is folded within and below the collar of thecape, as shown in Fig. 3, and remains in this position under allordinary circumstances or when not required to protect the collar.

The false lining or protector K of the body of the cape is of the samegeneral form as said body portion and is composed of waterproof materialpreferably provided with a silken outer surface, as is also theprotector G of the collar, and is secured to the bottom of the cape bysewing or stitching in the usual manner and to the front edges or sidesand to the top by means of spring-buttons of the form usually employedin connection with gloves or similar articles, parts of which areconnected with the cape, as shown at L, the other portions thereof beingconnected with the false lining or protector K, as shown at M. It willbe observed that a row of these buttons or attachments extends aroundthe base of the collaror the upper portion of the body above the upperedge of the collar-protector G, as shown at N in Figs. 3 and 4, and alsoin Fig. 2, as shown at L, and a similar row is provided on the innerside of each of the front edges of the cape.

When the protectors for the collar and the body of the cape are foldedon the outer sides thereof, as shown in Fig. 4, the upper edge of thebody portion of the protector K buttons onto the lower edge of thecollar-protector, as shown in said figure, the ball by which thisconnection is made being attached to the collar-protector and thespring-clamp thereof to the upper edge of the protector L of the bodyportion of the cape, and when in its normal position or that shown inFigs. 2 and 3 this body portion of the protector K is, as hereinbeforestated, secured at the top by means of similar connecting devicesattached thereto, as shown at M and N, Figs. 2 and 3, the ball part ofthe attachment being secured to the collar, as shown at L.

The operation will be apparent from the foregoing descriptionwhen takenin connection with the accompanying drawings. IV henever it is necessaryto protect the outer surface or portion of the cape, the part G isfolded ICO over the collar, as shown in Fig. 4, and the partK isunbuttoned at the top and front edges and turned down and around thebody portion of the cape and buttoned to the outer lower edge of thecollar-protector G, as is also clearly shown in said figure, and thesaid parts G and K can be returned to their normal position or thatshown in Fig. 3 by reversing this operation, as will be readilyunderstood.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. A shoulder-cape or similar article, having the usualcollar a protector secured at its lower edge to the corresponding edgeof the cape, and normally fastened at its upper edge to the inner sideof the collar, a collar-protector fastened at one end to the lowerportion of the collar, on the inner side thereof and normally foldedbeneath the cape-protector, said collar and cape protectors beingadapted to be folded on the outer side of the collar and caperespectively, and to be fas tened or buttoned together, at their freeedges, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with a cape having the usual collar and lining, of aprotector as G, secured to the lower portion of the collar on the innerside and hanging freely therefrom, 1

to have their meeting edges buttoned or otherwise fastened together,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of April, 1805.

' IDA COHEN.

Vitnesses:

L. M. MULLER, G. GERST.

